Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Perry Christie welcomed international election observers to The Bahamas during a courtesy call at the Office of the Prime Minister May 8, 2017, ahead of the General Election later this week.

The election observer missions are from the Commonwealth, The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Organization of American States, and the US, and are in the country for the May 10, 2017 General Election.

This is the second time that observer teams were invited to The Bahamas for the general elections, with the first being the 2012 General Election.